Washer-gasket.



H. MUELLER.

WASHER GASKET.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. so. 1909.

936,554. Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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HNRY MUELLER, OF DECATUR, CLLINOIS,` ASEIGNOR 4'1.0 H. MUELLER MANUFACTUR ING COMPANY, OF DECATUR, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

wAsHna-GAsKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

AApplication led January 30, 1909. Serial No. 475,152.

To all whom` it may concern:

.Be it known that 1HnNnr MUELLER, a citizen 'of the United States, and resident of Decatur, Macon county, State of Illinois, have invented Vcertain new and useful lmprovements in Washer-Gaskets; and -my preferred manner of carrying out the invention isqset forth in the following full, clear, and exact description, terminating with claims vparticularly specifying the novelty.

g This invention relates to baths and closets and more especially to bath and basin titting's and the object of the same is to faciliv `tate the attachment of a fitting to a bath i tub .and the setting of an overflow grate.

Another object 1s to lessen the labor and' theexpense of manufacture by reducing the body of the device to a minimum without sacrificing the utility of the fitting or producing diiculty with its use in setting same u p in cramping quarters. 4

To this end the invention consists in a. washer gasket adapted to lit around the opening of a waste and to be clamped 'oetween the `flanged end of said Awaste and the wall of the tub in which the same is at:

1 tached.

The gasket is preferably circular in shape .v although it Inaybe readily adapted to openings of .different sha-pes, having upon one surface a marker to indicate. the proper adjustment of the gasket upon the fitting prior lto inal attachment; the following specilicationy sets forth certain embmliments of this idea Vin ytwo -forlns` in one ofL which the markeris integral with the gasket audiocated upon one of its flat surfaces; whereas l j in the other it may he mounted upon the perimeter of the-same and other forms or modifications are also herein shown.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a sectional view through a head of an overflow showin the gasket adapted to the angular-wall of the tub; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thehead or inletof the overflow' showing the gasket in position with `the marker upon the upper llat surface of the same; Fig. 3 is a cross section view of the gasket on the line mm,

l extremes of the 'body ol the gasket and the showing the markers mounted-4 upon the ex- A showing the relative thickness of thev twoV terior perimeter thereof; Fig` 6 is a fragmentary view of a gasket in elevation showing a modification of the markers on the llatsurface thereofTFig; ft is a gasket in elevation showing a `marker on on'e'of its-"flat"` surfaces; Fig. 8 is a fragmentary portion of a gasket in elevation showing a modiication of a form of the marker on the flat surface thereof.

' In setting up ausual bath tub and its ap-i pnrtenances, it is the general practice to bring a tub into the position which it will occupy, connecting the supplies `either before or after the tub is located, fitting the lower part or portion of t-he Waste outlet and while the tub is in such position, adjust the waste litting by taking the head of the same, holding a washer or gasket thereon. bringing it to the outer surface or against the outer wall of the bath tub, but so holdingit with the end until the grate is similarly adjusted and the same tightened sulliciently to clamp the gasket between the tub wall and the face of the overflow. in order to hold the gasket in its positiomthen loosening and tightening the grate and the overflow head, meanwhile adjusting the gasket in order to get the same to correspond with the incline or angle of the outer wall of the tub. All, of this work must necessarily be done in cramping quarters lwhere the rim stands out over the tub and the tub stands quite close to the wall, a. rei-y dillicult position for a workman to make a proper connection because of a liniited space, the uncertainty of the light, and impossibility of using tools. By rny present invention l do away with the necessity of adjusting the gasket around the face of the overflow afterit is placed in position and make it possible to make a careful, neat, certain job of ttin the overflow to the tub by prmYidi'ng an im icator on the gasket which gives to the workman the variance of thickness in certain portions of the gasket, which makes it readily adaptable to the different angles of the tub against which said overflow head must contact with the gasket intervening.

Referring to the accompanying drawings the numeral l indicates the head of a combined waste andpoverflow connected with -a or rib which extends around the ent-ire I :so

perimeter of the said opening and which has I located therein and integral therewith, lugs as 7 which extend beyond and above the at surface of rib 6. against the flange 3 o f which surrounding the rib C, is placed the gasket 4.

The perimeter of the gasket will preferably. lit close around said shoulder. and have great fit snugly against the gasket 4 in Wares where the aperture is smaller than the customary aperture in tubs, thus'. leaving only the rib 6 which extends entirely around the perimeter of the opening in the waste.

The gasket 4 which may be of rubber, fiber or any suitable packing material-is provided with a'thinedge or portion and opposite thereto would be the thickest point of its portion which is readily adapted to lit against a tub having angular exterior walls as will be seen in Fig. 1, ..9 representing its minimunr thickness `and 10 the maximum thickness, and likewise the same thickness is shown in Fig. 3 at 11 and 12, but owing to the point past the center which the view Afshows, possibly the maximum and minimum thicknesses wouldnot be reached. Upon one face of said gasket 4 is provided a marker or indicator as 14 as shown in Figs. 2 and 3,

l said marker being integral with said gasket and-extends from the inside to the outsidev of the same across the entire face and is mounted to indicate the minimum and maximum thicknesses of the gasket in order that when it is taken up-and adapted to the fitting above set forthfthe minimum as 9 may be placed lat a point where the wall of the tub extends `upward ata greater angle than 'the flanged face ofthe waste opening, and

the larger or maximum portion 10 adapted to vfit the tub IWhere suoli angle is less as compared to the flange of the waste outlet when the overflow is set perpendicular to the wall of the room in which it is installed, or perpendicular to its hase. The indicators therein are preferably of a form shown at 16 in Fig. 4, and they maybe of any desired form -or shape.

lAs I have herein stated, one of the objects of the invention is to provide aconstruction wherein the gasket of varying ldegrees of thickness may be markedv integral therewith, and the appending claims have been drawn directly to such an arrangement; but I do not Wish to be understood as limiting myself to any speciiic form or marking or to a construction wherein the marking is in part or in full indicated by the different colors of material or marks or creases therein, as it Will be obvi'us that said marking, or indieating the varying degrees in the ortions arranged and so far as some of the claims .of body of the gasket, may be ot lerwise are concerned the particular nature of said mark is not material. A

It will be readily understood that the'gasket as herein described may appear in a form as shown in Fig. 5 wherein the marker indicating'the minimum or maximum thickness, or either of them, is located on the exterior perimeter of the gasket as at 15 being an outward extension mounted on the exterior perimeter of 'the gasket 4, and the same may be indicative of the degree of thickness only and appear singly instead of in pairs. In any event the shape of both the markers as shown in Fig. 3 and Fig. 5 would be the same as indicated in Fig.l 4, as at the indicator 16, they being integral with the gasket at the point of indication. I appre-v hend that lsaid marker may appear at any point desired it being optional with the manufacturer and a various' number of shapes may be adapted of which those as indicated at 17 and 18 in Figs. .6 and 8 respectively are modifications; that-the marker or indicator may appear at any oint upon the face or perimeter of the gas et so long as it does not cated. y l

I show a still further modification of my device in Fig. 7 in which the indicator 19 is shown as a projection across the face of the gasket 4. This projection 19 is shown by preference only, as a marker may assume any shape or be of any size and be either a depression or a projection, so long as the spirit of the invention is'conveyed, or the same may be used one or more times on the face or perimeter of the gasket as may be found advisable to the manufacturer or user.

Havingthus fully described my invention, what I claim as new is:

1. In an article of-manufacture, a packing gasket of varying thickness and means thereon for indicating the same. 1

2. In lan article of manafacture, a packing gasket of varying dimensions and means on the face indicating such variation.

In an article of manufacture, a packing 4rgasket of varying Legrees of thickness and means thereon( for indicating the extreme'of such variation.

4. In an article of manufacture, a packing gasket of Varying .degrees of thickness and means thereon for indicating the maximum j thickness thereof.

5. In an article lof manufacture, a packing gasket of varying degrees of thickness and means thereon for indicating the minimum thickness thereof.

6. In an article of manufacture, a packinv gasket of varying degrees ofthickness an means thereon for indicating the maximum and minimum variance thereof.

5. k,8. In an article of manufacture, a rubber '7. n an article of manufacture, a rubber l f In testimony whereof, have hereunto packing gasket of varying degreescof thicksubscribed my signature, this 29th day of 10 ness having a marker on and integral with December, A. D. 1908. its face substa'lltially as described; A HENRY MUELLER packing gasket of varying degrees of thick- Witnesses: I

ness and markers on its face mdicatng the VIRGINIA HAMILTON, .lmmmum and maxlmumcf such dlmenslons. J OIIN L. WTADDELL. 

